Cinemaazi remembers Mohammed Aziz on his birth anniversary
2 Jul 1954
Multilingual playback singer Mohammed Aziz was born this day, 2 July, in 1954. Also known as Munna, he started off singing in restaurants, before he was noticed by music director Anu Malik. He went on to make his singing debut in the Bengali film Bouma (1986). Debuting in Hindi films with Amber (1984), he went on to render the Anu Malik-compositions Mard tangewala and Tambu mein bamboo in Mard (1985). Popular during the 70s and 80s, his well-known songs include Lal dupatta malmal ka, My name is lakhan, Main teri mohabbat mein, Aap ke aa jane se, Aajkal yaad kuchh and Dil le gayi teri bindiya. Some of the films he rendered playback for are Love 86 (1986), Biwi Ho Toh Aisi (1988), Tridev (1989), Chaalbaaz (1989), Khuda Gawah (1992), Vishwatma (1992), and Ek Rishta (2001). Lending voice to prominent actors like Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Khanna, Mithun Chakraborty, Sunny Deol, Anil Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt, and Ajay Devgn, he sang multiple duets with singers such as Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Kavita Kris
